Acta Medica Okayama volume74 issue6
2020-12 発行

Solitary Cardiac Metastasis of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

Aoki, Hideki Department of Surgery, National Hospital Organization Iwakuni Clinical Center
Utsumi, Masashi Department of Surgery, National Hospital Organization Iwakuni Clinical Center
Kimura, Yuji Department of Surgery, National Hospital Organization Iwakuni Clinical Center
Takahashi, Yosuke Department of Surgery, National Hospital Organization Iwakuni Clinical Center
Nagahisa, Seiichi Department of Surgery, National Hospital Organization Iwakuni Clinical Center
Nishimura, Seitaro Department of Surgery, National Hospital Organization Iwakuni Clinical Center
Une, Yuta Department of Surgery, National Hospital Organization Iwakuni Clinical Center
Watanabe, Megumi Department of Surgery, National Hospital Organization Iwakuni Clinical Center
Taniguchi, Fumitaka Department of Surgery, National Hospital Organization Iwakuni Clinical Center
Arata, Takashi Department of Surgery, National Hospital Organization Iwakuni Clinical Center
Katsuda, Koh Department of Surgery, National Hospital Organization Iwakuni Clinical Center
Tanakaya, Kohji Department of Surgery, National Hospital Organization Iwakuni Clinical Center
Publication Date
2020-12
Abstract
Cardiac metastasis originating from hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a rare condition with a poor prognosis. No therapeutic standards for cardiac metastasis originating from HCC have been established. At 19 months after a curative hepatectomy, a 64-year-old Japanese hepatitis B virus-positive male patient experienced solitary cardiac metastasis originating from HCC. The cardiac tumor was discovered in the right ventricle. The patient received three courses of radiotherapy and chemotherapy and survived > 3 years after the initial diagnosis of cardiac metastasis. His case demonstrates that radiotherapy combined with chemotherapy can be an effective treatment for cardiac metastasis.
Document Type
Case Report
Keywords
hepatocellular carcinoma
cardiac metastasis
radiotherapy
chemotherapy
Link to PubMed
ISSN
0386-300X
NCID
AA00508441
NAID
JaLC DOI
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